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Re:In Just 5 Moves, Grandmaster Loses and Leaves Chess World... by dnljms on Saturday February 04, 2017 @02:23PM (#13568517)
She's the top ranked woman. If that was the case, she'd be playing mostly against men.
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Re:In Just 5 Moves, Grandmaster Loses and Leaves Chess World... by zxcvvcxz on Saturday February 04, 2017 @05:16PM (#13569430)
Regardless, the only way to know if it was a statistically fair setup is to have: 1) the rankings of all playings in the tournament, and 2) the algorithm used to match players.

If 2) matches players of similar ratings against eachother, and she is more similar in rating to women than men, then I don't see what the fuss is all about.

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